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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFLCE.

BENJAMIN SEWARD MCCLELLAN, OF NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HOSE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 565,780, dated AugustI1, 1896.

Application filed .l'uly 8, 1895. Serial No. 555,280. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SEwARD MCCLELLAN, of New Orleans, in theparish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and`Improved Hose-Hanger, of which the following is afull, clear, and eX-act description. l

The invention relatesto air-brakes; and its object isto provide a newand improved hose-hanger which is simple and durable in construction andarranged to automatically hang up the hose and coupling when not in useand close the coupling-opening so as to render it dust-proof and to holdthe hose in a natural position to prevent it from cracking.

The inventionconsists `principally of a drum or pulley connected by achain7 rope, or cable with the hose.

The invention also consists of certain parts,

and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully describedhereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar charactersof reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the improvement as applied and withparts in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the coupling. Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional side elevation of the drum or pulley on the line 3 3of Fig. 4. Fig. 4t is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlargedfront elevation of the clamp and valve for the coupling, and Fig. 6 is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary bottom plan of twooars having my improvements applied and showing the relative relationwhich the hose bears to the frame of the car.

The hose A is held at its rear end B in the usual manner on a bracket Con the car C and provided at said point with the usual valve-lever C2,and on the front end of the said hose A is secured a member D of the,

coupling formed with another'member D', held on the hose of the nextadjacent car. (See dotted lines in Fig. l.) On the back of the member Dof the hose-coupling is secured a clamp E, carrying a lever F, providedat its front end with a conically-shaped valve F, adapted to engage agasket D2, held in the open end of the member D, at the time the latteris disengaged from the other mem ber D'.` p i The rear end F2 of thelever F is connected with one end of a chain, rope, or cable G, eX-tending upwardly andwinding on a drum` H, mounted to rotate loosely on abolt I, heldin a casing J, attached to the under side of the car C onthe opposite side to that on which the bracket C is fastened, as plainlyindicated rin Fig. l.

`The drum H contains a helical spring K, fastened at its inner end tothe bolt I and at its outer end to the inner face of the rim of the drumH, as plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The spring K has a tendency towind up the chain, rope, or cable G, so as to hold the coupling Anormally in an uppermost position whenever the members D and D aredisconnected, as shown in full lines in Fig. l. The spring K, however,permits of drawing the hose A downward and forward to unwind the chain Gand to permit of conveniently coupling the member D to the member D inthe usual manner.

The chain G is preferably attached at its upper end to a rivet H', heldin au offset H2, forming part of the drum or pulley H, as is plainlyshown in Fig. 4., so that the chain G has a tendency to naturally placeits layers one alongside the other on the peripheral surface of the drumwhenever the hose A is uncoupled and the spring K turns the drum to windup the chain. The drum H is made in sections-that is, provided with aremovable flange or face, to permit of conveniently placing the springwithin the said drum. The spring is thus protected from rain and dust,and the casing is so arranged as to protect the drum from any waterdripping from the car. Now it will be seen that by the arrangementdescribed the chain G on account of being fastened to the rear end ofthe lever F holds the valve F closed on the gasket D2, so that theentrance-opening to the member D of the coupling is completely sealed,and consequently dust and other foreign matter cannot pass into the saidcoupling and the hose.

It will be seen that when it is desired to connect the member D with theother member D' then the operator simply takes hold of the forward endof the hose A and presses on the lever F2, so as to move the valve F up-ICO ward out of engagement with the gasket D2, and then the operatordraws the hose forward to couple the memberD in the usual manner Withthe member D, the valve F then resting on the top of the member D', asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.

When the two members D and D are uncoupled, the operator on letting thehose A go permits the spring K to turn the pulley H to wind up the chainG, and the weight of the hose will react on the lever F, so as to closethe valve F', as previously described. At the same time the hose A willbe drawn upwardly and rearwardly into the position shown by dotted linesin Fig. 7. Fig. l shows in full lines an intermediate position of thehose during the operation of lifting the same. Now it will be seen thatby this arrangement the hose is automatically lifted to a naturalposition, the member D is automatically closed, and the several partsare in position for being conveniently coupled to the hose of Aanadjacent car Whenever desired.

In applying my invention vall couplingheads are supplied with myinvention; and, as best shown in Fig. 7, when the coupling head sectionsare disconnected the hose A extends approximately transversely withrelation to the car, as shown by dotted lines in the figure referred to,and the absence of airpressure within the hose makes t-he same sufficiently iiexible to be lifted by the force of the spring in the drumH. When the sections are connected, however, and the air in the hosemakes the same stiff enough to resist the force Aof the spring in thedrum H, the hose-sections extend approximately at an angle of forty-tivedegrees with relation to the longitudinal line of the car, as shown byfull lines in Fig. 7.

It Will be understood that the air-pressure in the hose when they areconnected is sufficient to stiften the hose so that they willeffectively resist the force of the spring in the drum H, and it willalso be seen that upon the relaxation of this pressure the springreferred to may operate to lift the hose.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A hose -hanger, comprising a springpresseddrum, adapted to be fastened to a car, a chain, rope or cable adapted towind on the said drum, and a lever adapted to be held on thehose-coupling, and connected with the said chain, rope or cable, thesaid lever being provided with a valve to close the opening of thecoupling member, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a car, of a drum, an air-brake hose, a flexibleconnection afiixed to the hose and positively connected to the drum andmeans for automatically winding the drum, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a car7 of an airbrake hose, an actuated drum, avalve for the hose, and a flexible connection attached to the .drum andto the valve, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a car, of an airbrake hose, a iiexibleconnection, a casing, a drum within the casing and having a removableside, the drum being attached to the connection, and a helicalspringwithin the drum7 substantially as described.

BENJAMIN SEWARD llICCLELLAN.

Vitnesses:

HARRY W. FITZPATRICK, STURGES ADAMS.

